How can that be? According to the republicans who seem to be giddy about the shutdown, no billionaire has been affected or has noticed.

October 4, 2013 04:43 pm at 4:43 pm |

joe

the so called party of business is now engaging in selfish, childish antics that are costing american taxpayers 300 million dollars a day. small businesses are now laying off people and not hiring due to the GOP led govt. shutdown. I have seen republican leaders making statements with regards to how happy they are now that the govt. is shutdown. the GOP is a scourge on the american people. the party is full of radical extremists who are hell bent on destroying this country. God save us from these nut cases.

October 4, 2013 04:49 pm at 4:49 pm |

Sniffit

"Don't rationalize away that "this is too important! this is about a government shutdown!""

That's not a rationalization. The magnitude of the consequences of using procedural gamesmanship to block legislation is a relevant factor in determining whether it is justified.

However, I'm glad we can agree on how silly the congressional paycheck puppet show is...what a farce.

October 4, 2013 04:51 pm at 4:51 pm |

Winston Smith

Amazing. Several people just scratched their heads, and realized when people are out of work, buying slows down. Now who would've thought. IDIOTS.

October 4, 2013 04:52 pm at 4:52 pm |

Thomas

The government shutdown has already caused some small businesses to lose work and money, Yet ,

Paul argued to McConnell that Republicans should keep stressing that they are willing to compromise, unlike Democrats. “We're going to win ...

A memo from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.)
We are winning..

Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) told Glenn Beck during a radio interview Thursday that conservatives are "winning" the battle in Washington .

Are you sure ?
The party of small business might be out of touch .

October 4, 2013 04:54 pm at 4:54 pm |

Anonymous

And we're supposed to be impressed by the millionaire congress who is donating, not accepting, etc their
paychecks?
Honestly, the most frustrating thing about this is, what can we do about it? We have to pay our taxes,
we can only vote for who is running in each State, if we e-mail them, they don't respond (unless you tell
them what a great job they are doing) which I don't. They have been gerrymandered into security, and
they love to remind us that "they hold the purse strings".
Anybody got an idea?

October 4, 2013 04:58 pm at 4:58 pm |

the hippies were right

Here's a simple question for all you redumblicans. Would there be a shutdown right now if the house didn't add an amendment to the spending bill that repealed or delayed the ACA? Yes or No? If you answer yes, please explain.

October 4, 2013 05:03 pm at 5:03 pm |

Data Driven

And here I thought the shutdown was only affecting useless government leeches.

"What's up with THAT?" - Jerry Seinfeld, on numerous occasions

October 4, 2013 05:06 pm at 5:06 pm |

Marie MD

We'll duh! I've been saying even before the teatard terrorist shutdown that it was not just the Feds who would get hurt. Anyone or any business connected with and around government offices around the country will hurt because there will no business .
I don't feel a bit thankful to any teatard who is "giving" their paycheck away. Most of them are millionaires.

October 4, 2013 05:11 pm at 5:11 pm |

Wire Palladin, S. F.

After catching up with my reading, I noticed a right wing idiot post earlier saying that we have health care because he drove past a hospital.

October 4, 2013 05:17 pm at 5:17 pm |

Wire Palladin, S. F.

In my home town, we had people who took turns being the town drunk. We called them republicans. I wonder if any of them knew Boehner.

October 4, 2013 05:19 pm at 5:19 pm |

Wire Palladin, S. F.

Hey wing nuts, keep your hands off my Obamacare.

October 4, 2013 05:20 pm at 5:20 pm |

Evergreen

A faction of congress is willing to crash the economy to keep Americans from being able to buy affordable healthcare insurance. This time around there will be no taxpayer bailouts.

October 4, 2013 05:26 pm at 5:26 pm |

333maxwell

John....Speaker Boehner.. who is SO DEEP into your pockets, you won't even bring a clean CR to the floor for your OWN party to vote on?

What is so important you are holding this vote up from your OWN party, in lieu of pandering to less than 40 extremists from 'loud' districts?

Inquiring minds want to know..

Stop the Green Eggs and Ham games, and bring a CR to the floor champ. The American people DON'T deserve this. Your party has put them through enough already. For the sake of your very soul it's self, stop the damn games..

Sincerely, another very angry American voter with a memory as long as an elephant (every pun intended)

October 4, 2013 05:34 pm at 5:34 pm |

Lynda/Minnesota

@Wire Palladin, S. F.

It is great to see you back! Getting fired up and ready to go again ... yes?

October 4, 2013 05:35 pm at 5:35 pm |

the hippies were right

@Lynda/Minnesota, it is great to see Wire Paladin S.F. back. I've always enjoyed his posts!

October 4, 2013 05:47 pm at 5:47 pm |

Ol' Yeller

I like what Israel does in this situation and I think we should consider a similar law... if the Legislators do not do their job and pass a budget on time, then last years budget+1% goes into place. If 30 days pass and still no budget... everyone goes back up for election.
What an excellent law... no more pulling this nonsense several months out from an election knowing the electorate will not remember. Can you imagine?

October 4, 2013 05:59 pm at 5:59 pm |

freedom

They're also being hit by Obamacare – both hits from the WH.

October 4, 2013 06:07 pm at 6:07 pm |

vikingwoman

Last year during the election, between President Obama & Romney, I kept having this feeling that what the GOTP was saying was this: Let's take America back... to 1913 when there were only the Ruling class & the working class! I see they are Still trying their godawful best to do that! This shutdown over ACA is a smoke screen! They could have chosen any issue; immigration,gay rights, contraceptives (lol) & we'd still be in this melt down right now! It all started w/Citizens United & they wont stop until We, the people, all become what they call "non-essential"! There seems to be some serious Ayn Rand & "New World Order" fans among that Tea Party set! And apparently they're scaring the bejeezus out of the actual GOP! Cause I can't for the life of me understand why else so many of them mean 'yes' but vote 'no'! Or why Boehner keeps crying! We gotta help'em out y'all & vote like your life depends on it, next year, because it does! Make the Tea Party stand on it's own, w/out being propped up by the GOP!!

October 4, 2013 06:30 pm at 6:30 pm |

Wire Palladin, S. F.

@Lynda

I have become a little disappointed with the powers at CNN not liking what I write. However, I have nothing but respect for you and the others fighting the good fight. recently, Cruz and the RWNJ idiots have brought me out of retirement.

October 4, 2013 08:12 pm at 8:12 pm |

Woman In California

@ Wire.

I just got home and was getting caught up on my reading when I saw you were back. As Lynda/Minnesota also said,
Welcome back.

October 4, 2013 10:05 pm at 10:05 pm |

GI Joe

But But But "It's not because of the shutdown, it's ACA that causes it". Haven't you heard any of the T-people?